1 PBS Paulus, tata bake yesus kristus bake, tata tebake nafe kewele bamua pipepa efengpipe. BSB BSB: Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,
2 PBS Jalilipawe fapunene tata, ukefa ka, kelulu kotutu bahupe. BSB BSB: in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
3 PBS Bang kelengkopa, pikelengkoi kewo kelekotu nipipfengkike nilele. Pifengkike nili elewe nilakotutu pinakike. BSB BSB: In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
4 PBS Keleokotu titus, kebangaku bamua kemoli ne. Tata tena oke yesus kristus teba pepeba temetete nunene. BSB BSB: To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5 PBS Peanya meanikefu bame kreta, jalilipa janumepepe japakamotu peapa penatua penatua mepekopapa bametu lumemamepi mepekora papa. BSB BSB: The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
6 PBS Kekeba penatuaing jafe keleleka, pebapapeung, teangku teteing hupalafe moka jakokofa moka. BSB BSB: An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.
7 PBS Anara tata paeke, jafefe lewawangka. Ke kehipepeka. Kekokofa hauhaufefengka, anggur kekukungka, hupalafefe keleleka, keba hupala rampape. BSB BSB: As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
8 PBS Peanya, hupalang welakoko, ke bapake tebahefefa. Hupalangkike bamua, koko, kebatu, nukike kefulang. BSB BSB: Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
9 PBS Nafewo kewekoko jakenaluile, peanya tebaungra kelemote jahefeng kenaluile pa teba efe teweni eteke. BSB BSB: He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
10 PBS Tebakaung keing piteteite, teba nutite tetepi. Piteteing ong. Te tebaongtife lemafe. BSB BSB: For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
11 PBS Te lematite nenitaruru. Jatenaru ete neja nenarungka teteto nebaroka hupalawowo. BSB BSB: who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
13 PBS Jawe jabamua, hupala tite etepiko tera bamua tememe. BSB BSB: This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith
14 PBS Teba yahudi hupalangtite elalaka anara pitibamua tewetafite. BSB BSB: and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
15 PBS Teba hupalahefeng tihefeng timeme. Tebanule pa tebafefeing, jahefeng timoka. Hupalangtiteing lupamotu. BSB BSB: To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
16 PBS Teni tataing tefija, janopa titeing tataing tealoru. Hupalangfefe motu. Jahefeng temoka. BSB BSB: They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
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